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Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Putting the Pieces Together: Water

For many the most dependable thing in the world is turning the tap on & hearing the water splashing out. Ahhh the confusion & downright panic that sets in when you turn it on & get…. Nothing?!? While I can handle the toilet being unable to flush, not having my coffee or shower… Fortunately, for […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Rainwater Harvesting Tagged With: Rain Water, Water May 3, 2012 By SLS

Going Off Grid in the 21st Century: Water Filtration

Lately in our going off the grid series we have been focusing on water where we have covered everything from pumping & storing the water, to rain water harvesting & we even looked into greywater systems. This has brought us to one of the most important points we need to remember and that is that […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Water Related Tagged With: radon, Water April 19, 2012 By SLS

Going Off Grid in the 21st Century: Rain Water Storage Tanks

In our last few articles, we have covered all the aspects from harvesting the rain water to pre filtering it and delivering it to the tank. This leads us to another important aspect which is where are we going to store it? Is one tank better than another, what are the options, should I just […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Rainwater Harvesting Tagged With: Rain Water, Water April 11, 2012 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Rain Water Intake

As a quick recap, in our last article in the Going Off Grid series we covered the “harvesting” portion of a rain water system. In this case the field aka the roof or collection area and the roads aka the gutters or conveyance system.  Just like any harvest though, you only want to harvest the […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Rainwater Harvesting Tagged With: Rain Water, Water March 20, 2012 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Harvesting Rain Water

When many people start to look at ways to reducing their water usage (especially for gardening) many look to the sky. They do some quick research, crunch some numbers on how much water they can save based on their roofs and jump in their car (or go online) to go buy a 30 to 50 […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Rainwater Harvesting Tagged With: Rain Water, Roofing, Water March 4, 2012 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Getting the Water where it’s needed

Living in today’s modern homes, life is great – we turn on the tap & the water just flows out. In most cases, we have no idea where it comes from, how it gets to our house leaving us with our only concern of how much is it to connect to the water main for […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Water Related Tagged With: Water February 16, 2012 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Water

As a brief recap, in our on-going series about going off-grid in the 21st Century, we have covered numerous options from powering ones home to handling waste. This has led us up to one of our most basic needs: water. For our first article in this series, I am going to turn it over to […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Water Related Tagged With: Guest Article's, Water December 15, 2011 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Putting the Pieces Together: Handling Waste

While not glamorous or something people tend to consider when going off the grid, it none the less is important and can majorly impact your wallet and success of your project if not considered up front. With that in mind we covered everything from ways to handle normal household trash to waste water; namely means […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Reduce, Recycle, Re-Use, Waste Water Tagged With: Waste Systems November 29, 2011 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – FAQ’s on Septic Systems

In the last two articles, we covered a few different options for dealing with waste water, namely a grey water system & composting toilet. By far though the most popular system out there is the septic system. It is even quite possible that if you own an older home in a city, or live in […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Waste Water Tagged With: Waste Systems November 11, 2011 By SLS

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Composting Toilets (A Guest Post)

In our ongoing series about off-grid living we have reached the part of dealing with human waste. There are two ways this is normally handled, with the most popular being a septic system. Another lesser known option is a composting toilet. While I have installed both systems, I have no clue how the composting systems are […]

Filed Under: Off-Grid Living, Waste Water Tagged With: Guest Article's, Waste Systems October 27, 2011 By SLS

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